400
Definition
- Adjective: Being one hundred more than three hundred; the number equivalent to the product of four and one hundred; four hundred.
Usage
- The word "400" functions as a numeral adjective to describe a quantity, amount, or position in a sequence.
- It can be written with numerals ("400") or as words ("four hundred").
Examples
- Adjective:
- The ancient manuscript is over 400 years old.
- The company employs approximately four hundred people.
- She finished the race in four hundredth place.
Advanced Usage
- "The 400": Historically, a term for a social elite group, famously referring to the number of people said to fit into Mrs. Astor's ballroom in New York high society.
- He was considered part of the city's elite, a member of the 400.
Variants and Related Words
- Four hundred (adj., n.): The word form of the numeral.
- Four-hundredth (adj., n.): The ordinal number (400th).
- CD (in Roman numerals): An alternative representation for 400.
Synonyms
- Four hundred: The literal word equivalent.
- CD: The Roman numeral equivalent.
Related Phrases
- The four hundred: An idiom referring to the social elite of a community.
Adjective
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being one hundred more than three hundred
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